WORLD CONGRESS OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES: MAY 10-11, 2014, SIBIU - ADVANCED

PROGRAM
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014
SCHEDULE

09.00-10.30

ATLASS HALL
RAMADA HOTEL
OPENING
CEREMONY

FAUST HALL
IBIS HOTEL

TURANDOT HALL
IBIS HOTEL

BETTA HALL
RAMADA HOTEL

GAMMA HALL
RAMADA HOTEL

N. NANDA Echocardiography
journey - from 50's to
present
HEART FAILURE
Chairs: C. GINGHINA,
J.U. VOIGT
11.00 P. SENGUPTA Cardiac muscle
mechanics: newer
applications
11.20 J. U. VOIGT Mechanisms of HF in
LBBB patients
11.40 B. COSYNS Radiotherapy and
Echocardiography

11.00-12.30

HERA HALL
RAMADA HOTEL

12.00 C. GINGHINA
RV function in
pulmonary HTN
12.20 Discussions

VALVULAR HEART
DISEASE
LIVE SURGERY
SESSION (Novara, Italy)
Live surgery and live
intraoperative
echocardiography in
degenerative mitral
repair
Chairs: M. BARSAN, S.
MIHAILEANU
1. G. CERIN - Session
introduction
2. D. BENEA - Case
presentation (live from
Novara, Italy)
3. B.A. POPA - Live TEE
2D and 3D intra-operative
echo
4. M. DIENA - Opening
the left atrium and surgical
assessment of mitral
lesions. Discussion of the
surgical planning; starting
the surgery
5. G. CERIN Perioperative
echocardiography in mitral
valve repair

10.30-11.00 COFFEE BREAK

STRESS
CARDIOMYOPATHIES
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Chairs: S. NAGUEH, S.
Chairs: P. PELLIKKA,
QIRKO
A.N. NESKOVIC
11.00 S. ENAR 11.00 P. PELLIKKA Cardiovascular imaging
Stress echocardiography in
in diabetic
ischemic heart disease
cardiomyopathy
11.20 E. PLONSKA
Stress echo in aortic
stenosis
11.40 A. AGRAWAL Role of stress echo in the
evaluation of prosthetic
valve dysfunction
12.00 A.N. NESKOVIC How to read stress-echo:
illustrative cases

11.20 S. NAGUEH Imaging HCM patients

11.40 J. KASPRZAK
Restrictive
cardiomyopathy vs
constrictive pericarditis
12.00 G. KARATASAKIS
Imaging in dilated
cardiomyopathy

REAL LIFE CASES

EMERGENCY ECHO
Chairs:
M. CAMPANIELLO, G.
TATU-CHITOIU
11.00 M. CAMPANIELLO
Tako or not Tako - that is
the question
11.10 Discussions
11.15 R. BEYER - An
unusual delayed cardiac
tamponade after myocardial
infarction
11.25 Discussions

IMAGING
CORONARY
ATHEROMA
PLAQUE
Chairs: I. BENEDEK,
F. FILIPOIU
11.00 F. FILIPOIU
Coronary anatomy
11.15 D. DELEANU Conventional coronary
angiography
11.30 D. OLINIC Optical coherence
tomography

11.30 R. ROMITO - Echo vs

CT in acute aortic disease:
who is the winner?
11.40 Discussions

11.45 T. BENEDEK Intravascular

ultrasound

11.45 O. CHIONCEL Aortic dissection

11.55 Discussions

12.00 R. BAZ Coronary computed

tomography

12.00 R. SASCAU Successful thrombolysis in

acute mitral prosthesis
dysfunction
12.10 Discussions

12.15 Discussions

12.20 Discussions
12.20 Discussions

12.15 A. AL SHAFI
MAJUMDER- Immediate
post procedural follow up of
percutaneous transluminal

6. M. DIENA - Intervention
update (live)

mitral commissurotomy
12.25 Discussions

7. T. CEBOTARU Surgical planning and

techniques in mitral valve
repair
8. M. DIENA - Intervention
update (live)
9. B.A. POPA - Postoperative echocardiography
control
10. Chairman and audience
discussion with the surgical
team
12.30-14.00 LUNCH BREAK
CONTROVERSY
CORONARY ANGIO CT

CONTROVERSY
ECHO FOR CRT
Chairs: D.
DIMULESCU, T.
NANEA

Chairs: E. PLONSKA, D.
VINEREANU
12.45 Pros: H.K. REDDY

12.45 Pros: J.
KASPRZAK

13.00 Cons: L. ZARMA

13.00 Cons: A.
MARGULESCU

13.15 Re-battle (3 minutes

for each speaker)

13.15 Re-battle (3
minutes for each
speaker)

13.21 Discussions

12.45-13.45

13.21 Discussions
ISCHEMIC HEART
DISEASE
Chairs: A. DEMARIA,
G.L. NICOLOSI
14.00-15.30

14.00 G.L. NICOLOSI Left ventricular

remodelling after acute
myocardial infarction in
the current reperfusion
era

VALVULAR HEART
DISEASE The Aortic
Valve

ADVANCES IN
IMAGING
TECHNIQUES

Chairs: L. BADANO, B.
PUTNIKOVIC

Chairs: P. SENGUPTA, Z.
VERED

14.00 K. HRISTOVA Left ventricular function

assessment in aortic
regurgitation

14.00 P. SENGUPTA Cardiac vortex imaging:

novel pathophysiological
insights

INTRAVASCULAR
ULTRASOUND - A
PRACTICAL
APPROACH (LIVE
TRANSMISSION)
Unrestricted Grant of
AstraZeneca
Chairs: D.
DELEANU, L.
PETRESCU

ECHO IN CONGENITAL
HEART DISEASE

IMAGING RARE
DISEASES

Chairs: I. GHIORGHIU,
R. TOGANEL

Chairs: G. HABIB,
R.N. SETH

14.00 R. TOGANELPersistence of the arterial

canal- therapeutic
particularities based on
echocardiography

14.00 Y. IVANIV Adult Kawasaki

disease
14.20 G. HABIB Imaging in left

14.20 J. KASPARZAK
Practical application
of myocardial
deformation after
myocardial infarction
14.40 A. DEMARIA Targeted myocardial
contrast
echocardiography for
ischemic memory
15.00 A.N. NESKOVIC
- Challenging issues
in echocardiography for
acute coronary
syndromes

14.20 A. AGRAWAL
Low flow low gradient
aortic stenosis how to
approach
14.40 L. BADANO How
to assess patients with
aortic valve prostheses
15.00 J. SEPAROVIC Functional anatomy of
ascending aorta indications for AV repair
15.20 Discussions

14.20 Z. VERED - Speckle

tracking echocardiography
in acute coronary
syndromes: infarction,
ischemia, viability
14.40 V. KUZNETSOV The value of handheld
limited echocardiography
in population screening
15.00 J.U. VOIGT - The
ASE/EACVI Task Force
Intervendor - comparison
study for global
longitudinal strain
measurements

14.20 M. TORINGHIBELCongenital defects of the

pericardium
14.40 K. SAVINO Patent
foramen ovale: assessment
and clinical significance
15.00 I. GHIORGHIU
Assessment of patients with
aortic coarctation
15.20 Discussions

ventricular non
compactation
14.40 N. CIOBANU
Imaging in infiltrative
diseases
15.00 K.
AGGARWAL TakoTsubo cardiomyopathy
and its variants:
clinical and
echocardiographic
features
15.20 Discussions

15.20 Discussions
15.20 Discussions
VALVULAR HEART
DISEASE
Chairs: G. HABIB, G.
MAURER
16.00 G. MAURER Asymptomatic mitral
regurgitation: the
controversy when we
intervene

16.00-17.30

16.20 A. IONAC
Management of mitral
stenosis using
echocardiographic
evaluation
16.40 P. PELLIKKA
Aortic stenosis role of
echo in guiding
management
17.00 G. HABIB From echocardiography
to imaging, the example
of infective endocarditis

LEFT VENTRICULAR
HYPERTROPHY/HYPE
RTENSION
Chairs: C. ARSENESCU,
B. COSYNS
16.00 R. SETH
Screening for pre-clinical
HCM
16.20 S. ENAR
Echocardiography in
hypertension
16.40 B. COSYNS
Screening the athletes'
heart
17.00 S. LACAU - CMR in
assessing cardiac
hypertrophy
17.20 Discussions

15.30-16.00 COFFEE BREAK

THE RIGHT
THROMBEMBOLIC
VENTRICLE AND
SOURCES
PULMONARY
HYPERTENSION
Chairs: S. PISLARU, J.
KASPRZAK
Chairs: C.
BUCCIARELLI, R.
16.00 E. SRBINOVSKA
JURCUT
KOSTOVSKA - The role
of echocardiography in
16.00 T. NANEA
the diagnosis of
Ventricular
pulmonary embolism
interdependence as an
essential mechanism in
16.20 G.L. NICOLOSI cardiovascular function
Cardioembolic stroke and
atrial fibrillation: the role
16.20 R. JURCUT Echo
of cardiovascular imaging
imaging of the right
ventricle
16.40 S. PISLARU Embolic sources - with a
16.40 C. BUCCIARELLI
twist
Role of CMR in assessing
the RV
17.00 G. CRISTIAN
Cardio embolism in
17.00 D. MURARU - 3D
infective endocarditis:
echo assessment of RV
state of the art
geometry and function
17.20 Discussions
17.20 Discussions

17.20 Discussions

18.00-19.30

17.30-18.00 BREAK
MEDIST IMAGING

WORKSHOP: THE
AORTA
Chairs: I. MANITIU, P.
PALMIERO
16.00 P. PALMIERO
Aortic stiffness: assessment
and clinical significance
16.20 I. MANITIU
Imaging in aortic disease:
challenges in emergency
unit
16.40 A. FLINTOACAKey points of CT-CMR in
assessing thoracic aortic
dissection
17.00 D. BEDELEANU
Bicuspid aortic valve
disease
17.20 Discussions

IMAGING TISSUE
DOPPLER
Theoretical and
practical hands-on
course (part I)
Chairs: A. ILIESIU,
O. CHIONCEL
Instructors:
C. Beladan, A. Mitre, I.
Popescu, A. Serban

GE HEALTHCARE
SYMPOSIUM
The role of modern
echocardiography
techniques in clinical
practice
Chairs: L. BADANO, B.A.
POPESCU
1. B.A. POPESCU Speckle tracking
echocardiography: what
are the current and
emerging clinical
applications?
2. L. BADANO - What
does the 3rd dimension add
to the echo quantitative
analysis of the cardiac
structures?

SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2014

SCHEDULE

ATLASS HALL
RAMADA HOTEL
3D
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Chairs: N. NANDA, D.
MURARU
09.00 N. NANDA - Role of
3D echocardiography in
day to day clinical practice

09.00-10.30

09.20 L. BADANO - Why

do we need 3D echo?
09.40 D. MURARU Current perspective on 3D
strain
10.00 S. MIHAILEANU 3D TEE anatomy
assessement of the aortic
root

HERA HALL
RAMADA HOTEL
HEART FAILURE
Chairs: S. NAGUEH, K.
AGGARWAL
09.00 S. NAGUEH Echocardiographic
assessment of LV diastolic
function
09.20 D. VINEREANU
Heart failure with
preserved ejection
fraction: does the arterial
stiffness play a role?
09.40 J. SEPAROVIC Why do we need Echo for
CRT device optimization
10.00 K. AGGARWAL Echo-Doppler evaluation

FAUST HALL
IBIS HOTEL
EUROPEAN
GUIDELINES

TURANDOT HALL
IBIS HOTEL
CONTROVERSY:
WHICH IS THE BEST
TEST FOR
ISCHAEMIA
DETECTION?

BETTA HALL
RAMADA HOTEL
ECHO FOR
TREATMENT
SELECTION AND
PROCEDURE
MONITORING

GAMMA HALL
RAMADA HOTEL
IMAGING TISSUE
DOPPLER
Theoretical and
practical hands-on
course (part II)

09.00 F. FLACHSKAMPF
- Guidelines, position
papers appropriateness
criteria - what kind of
guidance do we need?

Chairs: A. IONAC, C.
SINESCU

Chairs: A. TEMESVARI,
Y. YOTOV

Chairs: A. ILIESIU,
O. CHIONCEL

09.00 A. FRUNTELATA
Scintigraphy

Instructors:
C. Beladan, A. Mitre,
I. Popescu, A. Serban,

09.20 B. COSYNS Guidelines for aortic

regurgitation

09.20 M. ROSCA
Stress echo

09.00 S. MIHAILEANU
Echo for selecting patients
for mitral valve repair

Chairs: B.A. POPESCU,

U. SECHTEM

09.40 B.A. POPESCU

Imaging use in heart failure
10.00 U. SECHTEM
Imaging use in stable
coronary artery disease

09.40 D. DELEANU
Coronary flow reserve
10.00 C.
ALEXANDRESCU
CMR

09.20 G. CERIN Echo for

treatment selection in
patients with obstructive
hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy
09.40 A. TEMESVARI - 3D
TEE for monitoring
transcatheter and surgical

10.20 Discussions

of high output heart

failure from AV fistulas in
patients on chronic
hemodialysis

10.20 Discussions

interventions

10.20 Discussions
10.00 G. BENCSIK - TBD
10.20 Discussions

10.20 Discussions

11.00-12.30

ECHO AND
PROGNOSIS

CONTRAST ECHO

Chairs: I.M. COMAN, G.

KARATASAKIS

Chairs: N. NANDA, E.
APETREI

11.00 G. MAURER - Does

imaging improve outcome?
Results from clinical trials

11.00 N. NANDA
History of contrast
echocardiography

11.20 G. BAJRAKTARI Echocardiographic

predictors in aortic stenosis
patients

11.20 Y. YOTOV Contrast

echocardiography for LV
opacification current
clinical applications

11.40 I.M. COMAN

Prognostic evaluation
before noncardiac surgery
12.00 S. QIRKO - Value of
echocardiography in
prognosis of heart failure
12.20 Discussions

11.40 E. APETREI Role

of contrast
echocardiography in
percutaneous transluminal
septal myocardial ablation
12.00 A. DEMARIA Current status of
myocardial contrast
echocardiography
12.20 Discussions

10.30-11.00 COFFEE BREAK

TRANSESOPHAGEAL
NON-ECHO
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IMAGING IN
CONGENITAL
Chairs: G. CERIN, M.
HEART DISEASE
DOROBANTU
Chairs: I. LUPESCU, C.
11.00 G. CERIN Role of
BUCCIARELLI
TEE in ischemic mitral
regurgitation
11.00 I. LUPESCU Current and specific
11.20 S. PISLARU Role
aspects of CT-CMR in
of TEE in patients with
superior vena cava
prosthetic valve dysfunction pathology
11.40 M. DOROBANTU
Role of TEE in suspected
infective endocarditis

11.20 C. BUCCIARELLI
- Role of CMR in
Tetralogy of Fallot

12.00 A. TEMESVARI Role of TEE in assessing

inter atrial septum

11.40 R. CAPSA Usefulness of CT- CMR

in right heart pathology

12.20 Discussions

12.00 U. SECHTEM Indications for MRI in

adult congenital heart
disease

LEFT VENTRICULAR
DIASTOLIC FUNCTION
Chairs: F.
FLACHSKAMPF, A.
ILIESIU
11.00 F. FLACHSKAMPF Diastolic LV function: what
echo can and cannot tell us?
11.20 A. ILIESIU How to
assess LV diastolic function
in patients with atrial
fibrillation
11.40 H.K. REDDY Echocardiographic
assessment of LV diastolic
dysfunction in patients with
valvular heart disease
12.00 Z. VERED - Heart
failure with preserved
ejection fraction: clinical
spectrum, the role of echo
Doppler and current therapy

12.20 Discussions
12.20 Discussions